People along Harrisburg have already endured months of construction and Metro’s Jerome Gray says they’ll now have to close part of the street for this project.

“We’re trying to minimize the timetable for the closures so we’re looking at, perhaps, four to six months. But again, we’ll know much more about that once we detail and work with the contractor,” Gray explains.

Rendering of Harrisburg Overpass. Image courtesy of Houston Metro

But Metro says it will give neighbors regular updates.

“We estimate that about 400 people live near the construction area where the access will be limited, and so we will particularly be targeting them, to get the information to them, but also to others who may travel in that area,” Gray says.

Most of the East End line is set to open next month, and Metro hopes to have the overpass open by the end of 2016. That will allow trains to go to the Magnolia Transit Center, about a mile and a half away.

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